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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Jahangir Nagar''' ({{Lang-bn|জাহাঙ্গীর নগর}}) is the former name of [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. It was named after [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Jahangir]].<br />
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==Name==<br />
In 1608, Dhaka was announced by ''Subedar Islam Khan'' as capital of ''[[Bengal Subah|Mughal Bangla]]''. He renamed '''Jahangir Nagar'''.<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zp8fAwAAQBAJ|title = Bends and Shades|last = RAHMAN|first = JAHED|date = 2014-02-01|publisher = Xlibris Corporation|isbn = 9781493175048|page = 91|language = en}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}</ref> to Dhaka . There was a fort beside the river Buriganga named ''Kella-e-Jahangir'' (Fort of Jahangir).<br />
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==University==<br />
To show respect to this name, a fully residential public university was established in Dhaka in 1970 as [[Jahangirnagar University]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Old Dhaka]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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